"However, the debt of ten thousand dollars was truly a colossal burden for me, a person without a job. Also, it was snowballing."
"What was the reason that you couldn't secure a job in six months?" Kingston asked in confusion. "Logically speaking, you already had three years of working experience. You were so diligent as well. It should be very easy for you to find a job."
Eevonne laughed at herself. "Logically speaking, it should be really easy for me to find a job, especially the fact that I was a girl. It should be very easy for me to find all sorts of jobs. As long as one is not picky. The girls from my village who left to work could bring as much as ten thousand dollars of savings back to their homes. I kept thinking that I had already had an office job for three years, so I already had enough experience. I was already an office lady through and through. I certainly had to find a decent job. Just like that, I spent six months searching for a decent job. I had no income for six whole months, and I still had to send money back to my mother every month. Kingston, do you know how regretful I am now?"
Kingston was speechless. He still had not even figured out if the girl in front of him was telling him a story in an attempt to cheat him out of his money or if she was telling the truth.
Eevonne did not notice the suspicion that Kingston had for her. She let out a long sigh. "Do you know, Kingston? If life can be like the novels, with things like time traveling and reincarnation, I would reincarnate as myself ten years ago. I don't fantasize that I could go to high school or college after I graduated middle school. My grades were truly not bad, but I don’t fantasize about that kind of matter as well. I just want to go back to ten years ago when I just graduated middle school. I truly won't be as vain as I was in the past. I won’t care so much about being looked down upon by others. I would endure the humiliations for the greater good, carry the simplest luggage on my back, and go to work in the big city. I would do the most basic job, and with my intelligence, I would still be promoted by the factory manager.
However, I certainly won't repeat what I previously had done and quit after just a few months. I would take one step at a time and do my job well. I was promoted by my superior at my first job. I didn't need the fake diploma. If I could hold that position for three years, and master all the things and skills that I should learn, it would be much easier for me if I were to quit and find another job."
She continued. "Also, I wouldn't insist on working as an office lady when I search for a new job. I would just be a team leader at the factory. With my actual and practical skills, I would still have a chance to be promoted. Even if I didn’t, so what? Greatness can come from any type of profession. At the very least, I wouldn't be so vain and have much psychological burden. I won't have to pay for the consequences of my vanity. It's only when a person keeps his or her feet on the ground and produces results by taking one step at a time that the person would truly be respected by others. The main thing is that the person could really make money. Unlike me in the end, who can't find a stable job all the while. Not only did I not make any money, but I even owed a lot of
money."
Speaking of that, Eevonne looked at him with her face covered in tears. "Kingston, do you think there's a way to reincarnate in this world?"
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